Harvest Language Center

Jessica and me are taking classes right now at harvest Language Center. ( Jo'ell has been staying at home to continue homeschooling the other children.) We have really enjoyed the school so far. Our fellow Tecate Missionary, Andy Clarke, has been taking the classes with us. (see photo; he is the one with the close haircut!) The classes are small so there is good interaction with the teachers. It is ran by Jeff and Lisa King, who are from the U.S. and have been in Mexico for over 10 years. They are active in church planting also. They have a heart to see missionaries get trained to serve in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries. Jeff and Lisa both teach and there are 2 other teachers: Pastor Moises Rodriquiez and Senora Chayo. The program uses what I would call the "old schoool" approach; they teach grammar, phonics, verbs and vocabulary. this is in contrast to the approach some schools take of just teaching converstational style Spanish. We will learn the rules we will need to know to speak the language well. This will be necessary for communicating about more complicated concepts like bible truths. Not for the faint of heart! Thanks for praying that we conjucate our verbs correctly!!